Just my personal opinion naturally but here's a run down of what I think are the ten best stories so far...
10 Issue 18 There Shall Come a Gladiator (co-scripted by Denny O'Neill, Foggy's bonkers notion of becoming Daredevil to impress Karen is a very funny read)
9 Issue 69 A Life on the Line (impressively political storyline bravely tackling poverty and black power, both empathetic and moving)
8 Issue 108 Cry... Beetle (never mind the C-list villain, just feel the compelling love angst as Matt struggles to choose between the Black Widow and Moondragon in one of the most fabulously emotional issues in the run)
7 Issue 11 A Time to Unmask (the finale of the Organiser storyline ends with an outstanding piece of writing from Stan revealing the inner turmoil of our three main characters)
6 Issue 85 Night Flight (seemingly a filler issue by Gerry and Gene as DD and the Widow return to the States but the interaction between Matt, the Gladiator and the flight passengers is both witty and bizarre; and there's a genuinely jaw dropping pay off on the final page)
5 Issue 150 Catastophe (trippy dreams, social commentary, Paladin being simultaneously sleazy and charming and a belter of a cliffhangar; simply brilliant storytelling)
4 Issue 1 The Origin of Daredevil (perhaps unsurprising, DD's origin is a winner, helped by fantastic artwork from Bill Everett)
3 Issue 71 If an Eye Offend Thee... (conclusion of the fabulous Tribune storyline, with actor Buck Ralston taking on the children of the revolution in New York)
2 Issue 139 A Night in the Life (a near classic by Marv Wolfman, hyping up the social discontent of inner city New York to the nth degree with a highly agitated Daredevil trying to find a missing boy and help out a drug addled young woman turning to crime)
1 Issue 70 The Tribune (the brilliant introduction of right wing cowboy and professional bigot, Buck Ralston and his amazing hippy blasting gavel - I still can't believe the Tribune's whole comic book career stretches a mere two issues!)
2 comments:
nice range of stories there, robert. As you go through the next 50, youll actually reach the first DD issue i bought (194 i think)
You really make me want to read that tribune two parter. as to why the tribune has never reappeared, i dont know. lets see right-wing famous actor who goes into politics. maybe he was a little too close of a match to Ronald Reagan.
Merzah the Mystics
The Tribune storyline is well worth reading - I think it's in Essential Daredevil Volume 3 and would be worth the price of admission!
As to who he was based on, well, remember the story appeared about 10 years before Reagan was president. I think there's another influence - another right-wing famous actor, well known for wearing a Stetson and not being too keen on hippies. Yessir, yes, ma'am, I can think of another icon of the silver screen who fits the bill. But I daren't say who. Not whilst the sun in the sky waxes and waynes. I mean, wanes...
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